This weekend I went to Pomaire with a group of 25 EAP students. Although Pomaire only has 1,000 inhabitants, it is well known throughout Chile for it's pottery.
We visited a factory where each of us had a chance to make our own pottery. After that embarrassment, we went into the city and made clay pigs. Pigs, specifically three legged pigs, are considered good luck symbols in Chile.
PS It's finally starting to get warmish. I still wear three layers everyday, but sometimes I don't see my breath when I go outside. YAY! :)
Photo 1: Spinning. Aka failing. It's so much harder that it looks.
Photo 2: Pomaire in all of it's glory :)
Photo 3: Pottery factory. The workers there are HARDCORE.
Photo 4: The finished products. Well the large pots were not made by the gringos. Mine is the ugly one with the folded down edges in the back.
Photo 5: Me and Devyn with our piggies. We made them all by ourselves!
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